There weren’t too many crooked numbers on the board early in Thursday’s Skyland Conference Delaware Division game between Hillsborough and No. 2 Immaculata, but there certainly were a few late.
The Spartans broke open a game they led 4-2 after four with an eight-run sixth, and improved to 8-4 overall, 7-3 in the division, with a 15-6 road victory in Hillsborough that gave them a share of the Delaware Division title, coupled with Ridge’s 11-1 loss at Hunterdon Central.
Immaculata got on the board in the second on a sac fly by Jackson Lewis, but Hillsborough took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the inning on a ground rule double by Elijah Dawes and a groundout by Jason Williams.
The Spartans tied it with a run in the third on a solo homer by Jayden Capindica, his first of the season, then added two more in the fourth on back-to-back RBI singles by Connor Quinn and Lewis to take a 4-2 lead.
The Raiders cut the lead to one in the fifth, when T.J. Westlake came home from third on a wild pitch.
But in the top of the sixth, Immaculata sent 12 to the plate and got eight runs. The body blows included a two-RBI double by Schilling, and a two-run homer by Collin Kassai, his second of the season.
Hillsborough, trailing 12-3, got three back in the bottom of the sixth, but Immaculata answered to make it 15-6 heading to the home seventh, where the Raiders got two on, but failed to score.
Hillsborough falls to 6-8, 3-7 in the division.
Shane Borer got the loss for Hillsborough in relief of starter Krish Patel, falling to 0-1, while Immaculata starter Jackson Trego got the win, to improve to 2-1.
Click below to hear postgame reaction from Immaculata’s Jackson Tregon, Collin Kassai and head coach Kevin Cust, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:
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